Window-screen.



E. UARNEY.

WINDOW SCREEN. APPLIGATION FILED n20. 6,1901.

901,521; Eatented 0013.20, 1908,

WITNESSES IHVENTW? ATTORNEYS tions a and the side portions a of thesepa- EDWARD owner, or HIGH FALLS, New YORK.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented cot-Leo, 1908.

Application filed December a, 1907. Serial No. 405,352.

. 'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD CARNEY, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at High Falls, in the county of Ulster and State of- New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W indow-Screens, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thosc'skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' This invention relates to window screens; and the object thereof is toprovide an improved device of this class, the width of which may beadjusted, whereby the screen may be used in window frames of. differentwidths; and with this and other objects in view the invention consistsin a device of the class s ecilied constructed as hereinafter describeand claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol lowing specification, ofwhichthe accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my im rovement are designated by suitable re erence characters ineach of the views, and in whioh;-

Figure l is a side or plan view-of my imroved screen, Fig. 2- a partialsection on the inc 2, 2 of Fig. 1, Fig. a section'on the line 3, 3 ofFig. 1, Fig. 4 a section on the line 4, 4 of Fig. 1, and;-Fig. 5 a viewsimilar to Fig. 2 but showing a modification.

In the practice of my invention I provide two similar frame members acomprisin parallel side portions connected by on porrate frames-a areplacedtogether so as to overlap each other. The end portions a of theseparateframes a are composed of two separate similar parts secured,together as shown in Fig. 4, and the thickness of said end portions ofthe separate frames is the same as the thickness of the side portions aof said frames where they overlap. The side portions (1 of'the separateframes a are also connected ad acent to their f rec endsby transversemetal strips 1) which are Lshaped' in cross section and composed ofstrips of metal folded longitudinally, and the side portions a of theseparate frames a are provided in their adjacent faces with widelongitudinal grooves c m which are placed strips d which fill saidgroove, and the outer portions of the side members a of the separateframes a are provided with grooves e-which are iii-shaped in crosssection and which open through. the inner face of said portions c andthe strips f) provided with angle members 5 whichfit'in and are movablein the groove 6.

Secured in each of the frames as and between the separate(parts of theend portions e of said frame, an between the main parts of the sideportions a thereof and the striped are screens f com osed of wirelneshor other suitable materia and connected with the trans verse metal stripb of one of the frames a are rods 9 which are also connected with theend portion a of said frame, and which pass through the flange portionof the transverse strip 5 of the other frame a as shown at g, and arod'h is connected with the transverse strip 6 of the other frame andwith the corresponding end portion a of said frame and passes throughthetransverse strip 1) of the other frame a as shown at b It will beunderstood, of course, that by grasping the end ortions a of theseparate frames at, the sai frames may be ad usted laterally to anydesired extent, and in this manner my improved screen may be adapted foruse in connectionwith window frames of dilferent transverse widths. Itwill also be understood that my improved screen is used in connectionwith window frames and sashes in the usual manner, and is usually Iplaced under the bottom sash which is raised r this purpose.

In Fig. 4 l have shown a modification in which I emplo Y a separatetransverse strip or plate i'with w iich the end portionsb of thetransverse metal strips 6 are connected, and these strips or plates 7.are placed between the separate parts of the side portions a of the mainframe and have outer end angle members i movable in the slots 6, and thein r end portions thereof are also bent at an angle as shown at i andprovided with apertures i through which the parts I) ofthe transversestrips b are passed and the parts I) and i are,

or maybe, secured together in any desired manner, and in Fig. 4 I haveshown a nail i used for this purpose, and said nail or nails also serveto aid in securing the parts (I of the side portions a" of the frames 0.to said side portions.

By employing the transverse L-shaped strips 6 as parts of the separateframes a and the rods 9 in the manner described, I provide lar frameseach composed 0 paral el side portions connected by an end member, theside portions of one frame overlapping the corresponding portions of theother frame, and screen material secured in the said frames,

- the side portions of said frames being also provided with longitudinalgrooves whichopen inwardly and which are L-shaped in cross section, andsaid side ortions of said frames being also connecte' near their freeends by transverse strips provided at their ends with. L-shaped partsmovable in said grooves.

2. A window screen comprising two similar frames composed of paralleloverlapping side portions connected by end members, the end membersbeing composed of separate arts securedtogether, and the side portionseing provided in their ad'acent faces with longitudinal grooves in w ichare secured separate strips, screen material secured in the said framesbetween the separate parts thereof, said side portions of said framesbeing also provided near their free ends with transverse strips havingend members which pass between the separate parts of the side portionsof said frames and are provided at their outer ends with L-shaped partsmovable in longitudinal L-shaped grooves formed in the side portions ofthe said frames.

3. A window screen comprising two similar frames composed of paralleloverlapping side portions connected by end members, the 40 end membersbeing composed of separate parts secured together, and the side portionsbeing provided in their adjacent faces with longltudinal grooves inwhich are secured separate strips, screen material secured in the saidframes between the separate parts thereof, said side portions of saidframes being also provided near their free ends with transverse stripshaving end members which pass between the separate parts of the sideportions of said frames and are provided at their outer ends withL-shaped parts movable in longitudinal L-shaped grooves formed in theside portions of the said frames, said transverse strips being L-shapedin cross section and each frame being rovided with a rod or rodsconnected with t e end'members said rod or rods of one frame beingpassed through the transverse strip of the other frame. v

In testlmony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in pres ence of the subscribing witnesses this 25 day of November1907.

EDWARD OARNEY.

